†subfamily Lophocyoninae Fejfar and Schmidt-Kittler 1987 (civet)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Parent taxon: Viverridae according to G. D. Koufos et al. 1995
Sister taxa: Africanictis, Arctogalidiinae, Cryptoproctinae, Cynogalinae, Euboictis, Galidictinae, Genettinae, Hemigalinae, Herpestina, Hyaenina, Kanuites, Ketketictis, Leptoplesictis, Megaviverra, Mioprionodon, Paradoxurinae, Prionodontinae, Progenetta, Sahelictis, Vishnuictis, Viverrinae
Subtaxa: Izmirictis Lophocyon
Type: Lophocyon
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore
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